Beca wins six INNOVATE NZ awards

Beca is delighted to take home four Excellence
and two Merit Awards at the ACENZ (Association of Consulting
Engineers) 2014 INNOVATE NZ: Awards of Excellence ceremony.
Held in Rotorua on 9 August, these premier engineering
awards recognise projects that have an innovative or
extraordinary aspect and encourage a high standard of
achievement within the engineering industry.

There are
three levels of awards. The premier Gold Award acknowledges
a superior project or innovative achievement, the Silver
Award recognises projects that demonstrate outstanding
achievement and service to the client, and the Award of
Merit is given to projects or achievements that demonstrate
a standard above what is normally expected.

Beca is proud
of our award-winning projects, many of which have already
been recognised with multiple
accolades.

Christchurch International Airport –
Gold Award of Excellence: The Integrated Terminal
Project is based around the provision of a new terminal with
integrated check-in for international and domestic
passengers. The jewel of the long list of innovative
features is the artesian heating and cooling system which
has resulted in energy efficiencies, reduced carbon
emissions and lower operating costs.

Sir Paul Reeves Building – Silver
Award of Excellence: Auckland University of
Technology’s Sir Paul Reeves Building houses the School of
Communication, and now forms the heart the city campus. The
flexible, open nature of the building required the
development of innovative solutions to realise the
architectural and client vision for the
building.

Tahuna Wastewater Treatment Plant Stage
2 Upgrade – Silver Award of Excellence: CH2M Beca
was engaged by Dunedin City Council to undertake the design
and construction monitoring of the Tahuna Wastewater
Treatment Plant Upgrade, which serves a population of
120,000. The upgrade achieved all of the client’s
requirements, minimising odour generation with innovative
enhancements to extend the life and performance of the
existing primary sedimentation tanks.

Haywards Synchronous
Condenser – Award of Merit: Transpower New
Zealand Limited currently operates nine synchronous
condenser units on their transmission system which provide
dynamic reactive power support for the National Grid. Beca
carried out the detailed design for the transformers to
connect them to the 110 kV network. This was a highly
complex due to the age and specialist nature of the
equipment involved, and the unusual site arrangements that
needed to be accommodated in the design.

For more
information about The Association of Consulting Engineers
New Zealand (ACENZ) and the INNOVATIVE NZ: Awards of
excellence, please visit: www.acenz.org.nz

About
BecaBeca is one of the largest employee-owned
professional services consultancy companies in the
Asia-Pacific. As well as numerous engineering consultancy
services, we offer architecture, planning, project and cost
management, land information, valuations and software
services. Our team of 3,000 works across many markets
including industrial, buildings, government, water,
transport and power.

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